Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Joe McCaughan
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00

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Don Krause (dkrause@gte.net) wrote:
: >>> > > `cc` is copy and convert a file. 
: >
: >>> > And there was me thinking that cc didn't actually copy anything but was
: >>> > a C Compiler.
: >
: >>> Sure it does.
: >>> % cc -c foo.c
: >>> Copies foo.c to foo.o.  The "-c" means that it should "convert" the file.
: >>> Elementary, really.
: >
: >>Not quite, CC -c foo.c tells the C Compiler to create an OBJECT file with
: >>the C source code file named foo.c, the default Object file extention is .o,
: >>and since you didnt specify a particular filename, it takes the original foo.c
: >>and makes it foo.o..
: >
: >Pishtosh!  The .o just means it's the "old" file.  To make an object file,
: >you use -o, of course!
: >
: >rone
: >and "cp" is the C-Pascal converter, and "rm -f" means "remove only
: >FORTRAN files" (very handy!)

: Let's not forget "rm -rf", which removes RUNNING FORTRAN files,
: very handy when one of those things runs away.

 UNIX NEWBIES BEWARE  The stuff these guys are saying is FALSE!
Do not try these commands until you read the man pages first...

--Joe McCaughan   | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
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From: shiloh@best.com (Joe McCaughan)
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/08/12
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